UNI Women fall to Creighton again, 73-66

The University of Northern Iowa women's basketball team fell to the Creighton Bluejays Thursday night 73-66. Brittni Donaldson and Jacqui Kalin led the Panthers with 14 and 13 points apiece with Kalin adding five assists.

The Panthers held a 7-4 lead with 15:35 left in the first half with three different players hitting field goals. Brittni Donaldson hit a deep three-pointer to give UNI the lead.

Creighton took the lead with 14:23 left in the half when Carli Tritz hit a three-pointer to make the score 10-7. Hannah Schonhardt hit a big three-pointer to give the Panthers their second lead of the game with 12:33 left on the clock to make the score 13-12 heading into the second media timeout.

Creighton went on a 10-0 run to take a nine point lead, but Donaldson hit her second three-pointer of the game to stop the run and make the score 22-16 with 9:22 on the clock. The Panthers answered with a 9-2 run that burned 2:22 off the clock, capped off by a three-pointer from Brooke Brown making the score 33-30 in Creighton's favor.

The Panthers went into halftime down six points with Brittni Donaldson leading the team with 11 points, making the score 43-37. UNI shot 45 percent from the field in the first half and 54.5 percent from the arc.

UNI cut the Creighton lead to three points with 13:38 left in the second half when Donaldson found Amber Kirschbaum under the basket for a quick lay-up to make the score 48-45. Kirschbaum then put the Panthers within two with 11:17 on the clock with a nice move into the lane to make the score 51-49.

Brown cut the Bluejay lead to two points again with less than seven minutes remaining in the game, but Creighton hit their ninth three-pointer of the game to make the score 61-56 with 5:59 on the clock. Creighton then went on a 9-2 run to extend their lead to 67-58 with less than three minutes to play off a three-pointer from Ally Jensen.

Kalin hit a late lay-up to cut the Creighton lead to five points with less than a minute left in the game to make the score 69-64. The Panthers were unable to make up the difference and eventually fell 73-66.

The Panthers will return to action Saturday when they face-off against Drake at 2:00 p.m. inside the McLeod Center.

Just hours after landing in Taipei the Iowa baseball team got right down to business, posting a 10-5 win over the Czech National Team in an exhibition contest Thursday afternoon. The Hawkeyes, representing team USA at the World University Games, got a pair of 3-run home runs out of Robert Neustrom to clinch the victory.

Just hours after landing in Taipei the Iowa baseball team got right down to business, posting a 10-5 win over the Czech National Team in an exhibition contest Thursday afternoon. The Hawkeyes, representing team USA at the World University Games, got a pair of 3-run home runs out of Robert Neustrom to clinch the victory.

The Missouri Valley Conference exercised an option to keep the men's basketball tournament in Saint Louis through at least 2020. The previous agreement ended in 2018 with a two year to remain at the Scottrade Center. The tournament, known as Arch Madness, will conduct it's 30th straight tournament in Saint Louis in 2020.

The Missouri Valley Conference exercised an option to keep the men's basketball tournament in Saint Louis through at least 2020. The previous agreement ended in 2018 with a two year to remain at the Scottrade Center. The tournament, known as Arch Madness, will conduct it's 30th straight tournament in Saint Louis in 2020.

Football is back. Preseason football, that is. KWWL is airing all four Green Bay Packer preseason football games both its main channel and the CW. This Sunday, August 19, the Packers head to Maryland to play the Redskins at 6:30 p.m. This will be on the CW, however only syndicated shows will be affected so there isn't anything re-airing. Next Saturday, August 26, the Packers head to Denver to play the Broncos at 8:00 p.m. on KWWL. The KWWL News at 10 will run on the CW....